Growth Performance of Salt Range Lambs Fed Various Dietary Levels of Peanut Haulms in Pothwar Region of Pakistan

ABSTRACT Salt Range male lambs (n = 16; Age = 120±10 days) were used to study the effect of varying dietary levels of peanut haulms on growth performance. Animals were divided equally into 4 groups. Four iso-caloric diets were formulated. Animals in group 1, 2, 3 and 4 were fed diets with zero, 10,...

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Published in:Pakistan journal of zoology 2023-06, Vol.55 (3), p.1473
Main Authors: Fiaz, Muhammad, Faisal, Muhammad Farooq Hussain, Khan, Muhammad Imran, Ishaq, Kashif, Ahmad, Tanveer, Akbar, Qazi Jamil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural research
Analysis
Animals
Body length
Body measurements
Body weight gain
Conversion ratio
Diet
Farmers
Feed conversion
Feed utilization efficiency
Lambs
Nutritional aspects
Peanuts
Physiological aspects
Roughage
Salt
Sheep
Variance analysis
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Summary:ABSTRACT Salt Range male lambs (n = 16; Age = 120±10 days) were used to study the effect of varying dietary levels of peanut haulms on growth performance. Animals were divided equally into 4 groups. Four iso-caloric diets were formulated. Animals in group 1, 2, 3 and 4 were fed diets with zero, 10, 20 and 30% peanut haulms, respectively over a period of 60 days. Data were analyzed through ANOVA technique using SAS 9.3 software. Results indicated that weight gain was higher (P
ISSN:0030-9923
0030-9923
DOI:10.17582/journal.pjz/20210829090842